Searching for Spice is a family friendly food blog focusing on easy healthy recipes often using spices. Lots of simple midweek recipe ideas.
This rich tomato based stew made with butter beans and chorizo is perfect for a comforting family meal at home. It's rich with the Spanish flavour of smoked paprika and so easy to make with mainly store cupboard ingredients.
These homemade cauliflower pakoras are easy to make, slightly crunchy and deliciously spiced. They make a delicious snack, a tasty appetiser or side dish or even a light meal. Trust me, they are hard to resist!
This whole air fried cauliflower with garlic butter makes a delicious vegetable side dish. It's so simple to make and the garlic butter gives it a delicious golden brown crust.
These air fried sweet potatoes wedges with harissa are packed with flavour! So easy to make and completely addictive!
Have you tried air fried brussels sprouts yet? They are delicious as a simple side dish but also absolutely amazing in this air fryer brussel sprouts salad. It's a tasty combination along with brie, onions, almonds and a tongue-tingling hot sauce vinaigrette!
This Instant Pot lamb bhuna curry is a delicious choice for a pressure cooked homemade curry. It's so much quicker to make than cooking a lamb curry on the hob and is much cheaper than ordering a takeaway too! The lamb is deliciously tender and beautifully spiced as well.
This simple air fried carrot salad topped with feta and a chilli oil and balsamic vinegar dressing is perfect as a side dish all year round. It's a tasty combination of sweet, sharp and salty flavours. If you don't have an air fryer the carrots can simply be roasted instead.
These crispy spiced and battered Indian fish pakoras are so moreish! They're easy to make and best served fresh with a green herb chutney. If you like traditional battered fish but also love Indian flavours then these homemade fish pakoras are a great way of combining the two.
Are you craving Nandos chicken but don't want to go out for dinner or get a takeaway? Well with these copycat Nandos chicken legs you don't need to. They're easy to cook in the oven and just perfect with chips, corn, coleslaw or whatever sides you like best.
These spicy crushed air fryer potatoes are beautifully crispy on the outside and packed with flavour from the spices too. They make a delicious side dish but are so good you'll be tempted to eat a whole plateful as a snack too!
These spicy cajun sweet potato fries have just 3 ingredients! They're also really simple to cook in the air fryer although you can bake them if you don't have an air fryer. Such a healthy alternative to traditional fries and very very moreish!
These harissa chicken quesadillas are a great way to use up leftover roast chicken. They are quick and easy to make and delicious for an easy lunch or simple dinner.
This naan bread pizza makes a super tasty midweek meal. It may be an Indian twist on the classic margherita but it packs so much more spice and flavour, topped with a fiery coriander chutney too
This Indian chicken wrap combines spicy chicken with a sweet mango chutney and yogurt dressing to make a really tasty lunch or light meal. It's easy to prep the chicken in advance and then really quick to make when those Indian food cravings hit!
This fruity jerk chicken salad is a brilliant summer salad recipe, perfect for eating with friends and family. The spiciness of the marinated jerk chicken is balanced perfectly by the sweet homemade mango vinaigrette.
If you have an air fryer it is definitely worth making this air fried asparagus with zaatar and lemon juice. It's beautifully cooked and tastes amazing with the nutty herby flavours of the zaatar. Perfect as an easy vegetable side dish.
These easy keema stuffed romano peppers are a great way to serve homemade lamb keema curry. The peppers are beautifully sweet and are perfect with the spicy lamb mince filling.
This delicous roasted cauliflower curry is perfect as a main meal or as a side dish to serve as part of an Indian food feast. It's easy to make and full of flavour. It's also easy to adapt and use other veggies as well or instead.
If you have a pressure cooker then you need this simple pressure cooker chicken curry recipe! It's easy to make, tasty and homemade curry is definitely the kind of meal that everyone in the family will love. It's also easy to adapt to suit your tastes.
This easy homemade chicken patia curry is really easy to make and delicious with rice or Indian breads. With a spicy sweet and sour tomato based sauce, it's an addictive curry that the whole family will love!